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India successfully test fires nuclear-capable Prithvi II missileNov 14, 2014 12:44 IST
Balasore: India on Friday successfully test-fired its
indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface
missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, from a test range at
Chandipur near here as part of a user trial by Army.

Defence sources said the state-of-the-art missile, which is capable
of carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads, was test-fired from a mobile
launcher in salvo mode from launch complex-3 of Integrated Test Range at
about 10.40 hrs.

It is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines
and uses advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory.
Describing the trial as "fully successful," ITR Director MVKV Prasad
told PTI that the test was conducted by Strategic Force Command.

The
sophisticated missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and
the entire launch activities were carried out by SFC and monitored by
scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as
part of training exercise, defence sources said.

"The missile
trajectory was tracked by DRDO radars, electro-optical tracking systems
and telemetry stations located along the coast of Odisha.

"The
downrange teams onboard the ship deployed near the designated impact
point in the Bay of Bengal monitored the terminal events and
splashdown," the sources said.

Prithvi II, which was inducted into
the SFC in 2003, is the first missile to be developed by DRDO under
India's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Program
(IGMDP) and is now a proven technology.

Friday's launch was part of a regular training exercise of SFC and was monitored by DRDO scientists, the sources said.

Such
training launches clearly indicate India's operational readiness to
meet any eventuality and also establishes the reliability of this
deterrent component of India's Strategic arsenal, the sources said.

The
last user trials of Prithvi-II in 2014 were successfully carried out
from the same base on 7 January, 2014 and 28 March, 2014, they added.

Dhanush Missile Successfully Test-FiredUpdated: November 15, 2014 02:02 ISTBalasore: India on Friday night successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off the Odisha coast.The surface-to-surface Dhanush, a naval variant of India's indigenously-developed 'Prithvi' missile, was test fired from a ship in the Bay of Bengal at around 7.40 pm by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the defence force."The missile launch was part of an exercise by the armed forces and the missile reached the designated target with high precision," Director of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) M V K V Prasad said."The missile launch and its flight performance was monitored from the ITR at Chandipur, Odisha," he said.'Prithvi-II' surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, was also test-fired from a test range at Chandipur earlier in the day.The single-stage, liquid-propelled Dhanush has already been inducted into the armed services and is one of the five missiles developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), defence sources said."The trial was conducted by the SFC of the Indian defence force in co-operation with DRDO," a defence scientist said.Dhanush missile is capable of carrying conventional as well as nuclear payload of 500 to 1,000 kg and hit both land and sea-based targets.